Egg and other beater.



H. P. WELLS. EGG AND OTHER BEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1,1908.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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a Specification of Letters Yatent. Application filed June 1, 1908. aSerial No. 436,184.

Patented Na 24, 1908.

To qll'whcm it may concern:

fiB epitaknown that I, P. \VELLs, a

citizenof the Unitedstatesfresiding at Ainesbury,i1i the county'of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulv Improvementsin -E g and other Beaters, of which the following is a speci- 'fication.

,The object'of my invention is the provision of a beater for eggs, andfor use in reducin a plurality of substances, said heater to be soconstructed that the gear wheels will be balanced and thus not be liableto become displaced one relative to the other,causing uneven wear,wabbling and the derangement of the parts.

' A further object isthe provision of a frame l'ffor the gear wheels ofrelatively great strength and light weight which will 'be'durable andretain its shape as lon as the movable parts of the device shal becapable of operation. 25.

. With these main ends in view, \my invention consists in certainnovelties of construction andcombinations of parts'as hereinafter setforth and claimed. v

The accompanying drawing illustrates the beater constructed according tothe best mode I-have so far devised for the application of theprinciple. I Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the entire. beater. Fig.2 is a view of the frame gear wheels; Fig. 4 shows a modification.

which supports the gear wheels and shafts. {Fig.3 is a section throughone of the small of the lower part of the frame.

Referring to the several figures, the nuineral 1 designates the frameofthe device as a whole; 2, a handle or loop at the end;

- 3,. the two arms of the frame; 4, a top bar uniting the arms; 5, abottom bar uniting the arms, the same extending below the ends a of thearms to afford sufliclent open space between the arms fora main gear.wheel; 6, perforations in the arms to receive a shaft; 7, theenlargedlower ends of the arms; 8,

longitudinal perforations in the arms; 9,

recesses in the arms; 10,top bearing surfaces "ivvheel having teeth uponeach side of the rim; 12, the crank shaft located within the bearings inthe frame and supporting the arge gear wheel which is keyed or otherwisefixed upon theshaft; 13, the small perto uniform consistency any liquid'or semi quid or other substance, or mix-mg forated gear wheels; la, thebeater blades, each made by bending a flat metallic bar upon itself to asemicircular shape at the middle portion and the free ends bent overeach'other at right angles; 15, holes through the free ends; 16, ahollow flanged rivet passed through the hole 15 and its end upset orotherwise secured within the perforation through a small gear wheel; 17,holes at the lower ends of the beater blades; 18, a wire bent uponitself atf'its middle portion and the parallel arms passed through theholes 17' in the lower ends of the beater; 19, the ends of the wirepassed through the :hollow rivets within the small gear wheels and theirfree ends adjustably located within the longitudinal perforations 8 inthe arms of the frame; 20, a clamping pin for each wire insertedwithinthe open space between the wire and the metal bounding a recess 9in an arm of the frame; 21, in Fi 4 the bottom bar 5 made in two parts'w1th perforated extensions 22, one of them being interiorly threaded;and 23 is a threaded screw by which the arms of'the frame may be forcedtowards each other and the smallgear wheels brought into closer meshwith the large gear w ieel. I

As is well known, the common type of egg beater has the main gear wheellocated outside the two small gear wheels, which are in mesh, andengages only one of them.

The main gear Wheel shaft also has a single support. The gears are thusout of balance and, after being used a short time, the mam gear wheelwabbles so that it skips some of the teeth on the small wheel, runs hardand causes excessive wear of all the movable parts.

In my improved gearing the main shaft is supported in the arms each sideof the main gear wheel, the ends ofthe arms 3 each has an enlargedbearing 10 for a small gear wheel, the teeth of the-main gear wheelaccurately intermesh with the teeth of'the small gear wheels betweenwhich the rim is located, and the bottom bar 5 prevents any separation,of the arms which would dis-- place the small gear wheels. When the bar5 shown by Fig, 4 is used the wear of the ears can be taken u Moreover,the adustable ends of the wire shafts about which the small gear wheelsrevolve insures a close frictional contact of the said wheels with thebearings 10 at thev ends of thearms. It thus becomes clear that I haveprovided a beater in which the gearing is balanced,

which will not wear unevenly, which will not wabble, and one, which willcontinue operative for a very long period of time.

lVhat I claim is:

l. The combination in a beater comprising a frame with a handle, armswith perforations for a crank shaft and longitudinally perforated at theends, atop cross bar, a bottom cross bar, and bearings at the ends ofthe arms, of a wire 18 with its endsarms perforated for a crank shaft,longitudinal'ly "perforated at the ends, and having a cross hunt theends of the arms, of a crank shaft journaled in the arms; a main gearwheel with its rim provided with teeth on opposite sides mounted uponthe crank shaft and between the arms; and two small gear wheels carryingbeater blades journaled upon shafts supported within the perforations atthe ends of the arms, said small gear wheels being located at the 'endsof the arms and upon opposite sides of the main gear wheel rim.

3. The combination in a beater and withtwo beater blades having smallgear wheels at their ends, of a frame with two parallel arms united by across bar; a main gear wheel supported on a crank shaft between the armsand having its rimprovided with teeth upon opposite sides in gearwiththe two small gear wheels; said small gear wheels being ournaled atthe ends of the arms.

4. The combination in a beater and with two beater blades having smallgear wheels at their ends, of a frame with two parallel arms united byan adjustable cross bar; a main gear wheel supported on a crank shaftbetween the arms and having its rim provided: with teeth upon oppositesides in gear with the two small gear wheels; said small gear wheelsbeing journaled at the ends of the arms.

5. The combination with a bea ter having a frame with arins united attheir ends, and beater blades with small gear wheels journaled atthe'ends of the arms, of a main gear wheel with its rim provided withteeth upon opposite'sides intermeshing with the small gear wheels; saidmain gear wheel being located between the arms of the frame and upon acrank shaft. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

HARLAN P. WELLS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE L. BRIGGS, Anon: L. TRUE.

